I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken away with the story - I don't want the actor's ego in front of me. That's what I try to live when I do the work.

Proceeds of the book go to Hauer's Starfish Association. Set in South Africa the film was an action-drama with a focus on apartheid. The role made him famous in his native country and Hauer reprised his role for the 1975 German remake Floris von Rosemund.

Rutger Oelsen Hauer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrʏtxər ˈulsə(n) ˈɦɔuər]; born 23 January 1944) is a Dutch actor writer and environmentalist. His career began in 1969 with the title role in the popular Dutch television series Floris.